So is Ketanji Brown Jackson getting on the Supreme Court or not?

Politics & Elections
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Romney has voted against most, but not all, of President Biden’s judicial nominees.

But we’ve already had this vote – Judge Jackson was confirmed to her current appeals court role in June with three Republicans voting for her: Graham, Collins and Murkowski. An additional three Republicans did not vote – Sasse, Rubio and Blunt. Every Democrat (and Sanders and King) voted for her.

Is any Senator who voted “no” for her to be a circuit court judge really going to say she’s okey-dokey for the Supreme Court?

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She would be replacing the retiring Stephen Breyer; the seat on the court which had been held by Ginsburg (who died in 2020) is now held by Amy Coney Barrett.

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Don’t remind me. How embarassing.

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The Insurrectionist Party cares about the law. If only she could have defined, to their satisfaction, what a woman is.

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Oops, sorry.

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Romney is being a bit more supportive of her than some of the other GOPers in that he has come out against some of their attacks on her.. He is clearly trying to fill the niche of reasonable statesmanlike Republican. But as the Senator from Utah it would be political suicide for him to vote for a pro-choice nominee so in the end he’s almost surely going to vote against her.

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Democrats need to stop being so unsure and instead start thinking of everything as guaranteed.

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Isn’t he screwed already? He’s anti-Trump.

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His approval rating among Republican voters in Utah in February was 51% (and he has a similar approval rating among Democrats). It looks like it’s been pretty steady over the course of his tenure as senator, though this article indicates that his disapproval rating was actually higher a year ago (due to his votes in the impeachment trials, and attacks against him by Trump) than it is now.

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With those numbers, he’s probably bummed that he can’t run.

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0% chance of confirmation. King Coal is a definite no, Sparkle Motion herself doesn’t know what she will do.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson is perhaps the most qualified candidate in a generation.

Amy Coney Barrett was rushed through a month or two prior to the election and she hadn’t even served as a judge for all that long, and she got through.

If Jackson doesn’t get in, this some bullshit.

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That was being said about Hilary and look what happened there. Don’t underestimate the competition. (That said, I believe she will get thru this just fine).

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And they were also quite happy to confirm a drunkard and probable rapist.

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Trump doesn’t drink. Oh wait, you mean for SC. Never mind, it is getting hard to keep these guys separate.

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Assuming this refers to Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema (Sparkle Motion?), both voted to confirm Jackson to the DC Circuit Court and neither one has cast a no vote on a Biden nominee. Bernie Sanders can’t make the same statement.

It’s one thing to force a couple of mid-level executive branch nominees to withdraw by announcing his opposition (as Manchin has done) but voting against Biden’s Supreme Court pick would be an irrevocable break with the Democratic Party.

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How often do parties vote against their own president’s pick?

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Collins was a “no” on Barrett, and Murkowski voted “present” on Kavanaugh. No Republican opposed Gorsuch. I haven’t looked any farther back than that but suffice it to say that it’s extremely rare.

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If you think the Supreme Court nomination process is the same as a district court nomination process, you are in for a surprise.

Plenty of Rs voted to confirm KBJ then, but none will now.

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Jackson was nominated to the DC Circuit Court, not a district court. The DC Circuit is widely considered the most important federal court after the SC. And only three Rs voted to confirm her then.

I don’t think it’s impossible that Manchin would vote no, but I’d put it at less than 5%. Why would he?